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Thread: January 15th-16th Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

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    January 15th-16th Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

    Dear All,

    Please sit our Treeleaf Zazenkai for 90 minutes with Zazen, Heart Sutra and more:

    10am Japan Saturday morning, NY 8pm, LA 5pm Friday night, London 1am and Paris 2am Saturday morning, or any time thereafter here:



    However, "one way" live sitters are encouraged to come into the Zoom sitting, and just leave the camera and microphone turned off: Join live (with or without a camera & microphone) on Zoom at: TREELEAF Now OR at DIRECT ZOOM LINK, password (if needed): dogen

    00:00 – 00:15 CEREMONY (HEART SUTRA in English) and Dedication
    00:15 – 00:45 ZAZEN
    00:45 – 00:55 KINHIN
    00:55 – 01:25 ZAZEN
    01:25 – 01:30 VERSE OF ATONEMENT & FOUR VOWS
    01:30 - 01:45(?) Informal Tea Time (All Welcome)

    Gassho, Jundo

    SatTodayLah



    PS - There is no "wrong" or "right" in Zazen ... yet here is a little explanation of the "right" times to Bow (A Koan) ...


    Chant Book is here for those who wish to join in: CHANT BOOK LINK

    The other video I mention on Zendo decorum is this one, from our "Always Beginners" video Series:

    Sit-a-Long with Jundo: Zazen for Beginners (12) - Basic Zendo Decorum At Home
    https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...093#post189093
    Last edited by Jundo; 01-16-2021 at 01:01 PM. Reason: Added youtube on-way link.
    ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE

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    I'll be there with instruments ready!

    Gassho,

    Kyonin
    Sat/LAH
    Hondō Kyōnin
    奔道 協忍

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    Treeleaf Priest / Engineer Sekishi's Avatar
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    See you all soon!

    Gassho,
    Sekishi
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    Thank you, Jundo, Kyonin, and everyone for the zazenkai and tea time. It was wonderful as always.

    Gassho,
    Onkai
    Sat/lah
    美道 Bidou Beautiful Way
    恩海 Onkai Merciful/Kind Ocean

    I have a lot to learn; take anything I say that sounds like teaching with a grain of salt.

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    Member Yokai's Avatar
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    Thanks Jundo, Kyonin and all for sharing zazenkai and an amusing tea-time chat!

    Always great to join you

    Gassho, Chris satlah

    p.s. Was the tape running or same talk next week?
    Last edited by Yokai; 01-16-2021 at 07:34 AM.

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    Thanks everyone for sitting!


    Kenny
    Sat Today

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    Thank you all for another wonderful Zazenkai!

    Jundo, your talk opened my eyes to the greatest truth of them all, "Slippers are Zazen, and Zazen is slippers!" What more needs to be said?

    Gassho,
    Rob

    -stlah-

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    Great sit everyone!

    Gassho,

    Shade

    ST

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    Thank you everyone, I've started sitting this one way in instalments.

    Gassho

    heiso.

    StLah

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    Is anybody else getting this error when they try to open the video embedded (not only here, I have gotten it with youtube embeds on other sites)? Or is it just my computer? Thank you

    An error occurred. Please try again later. (Playback ID: 8zsGFr0sVttaImWI)
    Learn More


    Gassho, Jundo

    STLah
    ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE

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    Member Seishin's Avatar
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    Thank you everyone, was good hearing this again and picking up on the bits I missed last week.

    Sat


    Seishin

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    Shin - Heart

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jundo View Post
    Is anybody else getting this error when they try to open the video embedded (not only here, I have gotten it with youtube embeds on other sites)? Or is it just my computer? Thank you

    An error occurred. Please try again later. (Playback ID: 8zsGFr0sVttaImWI)
    Learn More


    Gassho, Jundo

    STLah
    Jundo

    Just played on demand via Treeleaf site and no errors. Part one about 3 hours ago and Part 2 just now. Time to reboot at your end ?

    Sat


    Seishin

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    Just a thought have you stopped and restarted your browser ? Could be a cache issue. Might be worth doing that before rebooting the PC.

    Sat


    Seishin

    Sei - Meticulous
    Shin - Heart

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    I played it through the treeleaf site too and it was fine for me.

    Gassho

    heiso.

    StLah

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    Thank you everyone.
    The embedded playback worked fine for me.

    In a different tradition, most likely unrelated to Buddhism, we were also turning and walking only clockwise.
    The explanation was that this is the way, the sun appears to move.
    A symbol for the enlightenment of the world and a reminder for the passing time and importance of experiencing the moment.

    Gassho,
    Kotei sat/lah today.

    義道 冴庭 / Gidō Kotei.
    Being a novice priest doesn't mean my writing about the Dharma is more substantial than yours. Actually, it might well be the other way round.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kotei View Post
    Thank you everyone.
    The embedded playback worked fine for me.

    In a different tradition, most likely unrelated to Buddhism, we were also turning and walking only clockwise.
    The explanation was that this is the way, the sun appears to move.
    A symbol for the enlightenment of the world and a reminder for the passing time and importance of experiencing the moment.

    Gassho,
    Kotei sat/lah today.
    Circumambulating the lodge?

    Gassho,

    heiso.

    StLah

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    Quote Originally Posted by Seishin View Post
    Just a thought have you stopped and restarted your browser ? Could be a cache issue. Might be worth doing that before rebooting the PC.

    Sat
    Yes, that fixed it!
    ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE

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    Thank you everyone. I sat with you this morning.

    Good talk Jundo. Definitely worth repeating.


    Tairin
    Sat today and lah
    泰林 - Tai Rin - Peaceful Woods

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    Thanks to all, sat in replay yesterday evening.
    Gassho 🙏
    Sat, Franz

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    Thank you, sat virtually yesterday.
    Gassho

    Jeffrey

    Sat today

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    Thank you so much Jundo, Kyonin and everyone!

    In reference to doing a small gassho when someone adjacent to you gasshos to their zafu in preparation to sit -- is this something that translates to the Free Sitting Room?

    It might be that others are already doing this but I currently just continue sitting and not move when I hear the chime indicate someone has joined. I do appreciate hearing others join -- it's wonderful to get to sit with others "live" (and on top of that it oftentimes pulls me back from a wandering thought).

    Anyway, just curious if this might be another detail I missed that I should work on incorporating.

    Thanks! (sorry for running a bit long here)

    Gassho,

    Ryan S.
    Sat Today

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    Thank you to all. Sat this zazenkai this morning.

    Gassho
    STlah
    Shoki

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    Quote Originally Posted by jefftos View Post
    Thank you, sat virtually yesterday.
    Gassho

    Jeffrey

    Sat today
    We say that sitting is as real as real can be, Sangha is as real as real can be ... but our day to day perception of what we take to be the "reality" of this life and world is what is virtual.

    Gassho, J

    STLah
    ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ryan-S View Post
    Thank you so much Jundo, Kyonin and everyone!

    In reference to doing a small gassho when someone adjacent to you gasshos to their zafu in preparation to sit -- is this something that translates to the Free Sitting Room?

    It might be that others are already doing this but I currently just continue sitting and not move when I hear the chime indicate someone has joined. I do appreciate hearing others join -- it's wonderful to get to sit with others "live" (and on top of that it oftentimes pulls me back from a wandering thought).

    Anyway, just curious if this might be another detail I missed that I should work on incorporating.

    Thanks! (sorry for running a bit long here)

    Gassho,

    Ryan S.
    Sat Today
    I would just continue sitting as others come in and out. In fact, I would not even seek to notice the comings and goings of the others.

    Gassho, J

    STLah
    ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jundo View Post
    I would just continue sitting as others come in and out. In fact, I would not even seek to notice the comings and goings of the others.

    Gassho, J

    STLah
    Thank you, Jundo. That makes sense -- it could be quite distracting if there was a lot of traffic!

    Gassho,

    Ryan
    Sat Today
    墨眼 | Bokugan | Sumi Ink Eye
    Ryan-S | zazenlibrarian.com

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    Thank you Jundo, I'll keep that in mind.

    Gassho,

    Jeffrey

    Sat Today

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ryan-S View Post
    Thank you, Jundo. That makes sense -- it could be quite distracting if there was a lot of traffic!

    Gassho,

    Ryan
    Sat Today
    In fact, in a bricks and mortar group or monastery, the bowing to one's neighbor would occur BEFORE the bell rings for the start of Zazen, because nobody comes in to sit (or should not) after the bell rings to start. Thus, you would not bow to your neighbor during Zazen, only before the start of sitting. Of course, our free sitting space is different, with people coming and going freely, but you still should not bow and interrupt Zazen to do so.

    Gassho, J

    STLah
    ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE

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    Thank you everyone! Late sit for me this week.
    Nikolas
    Sat/Lah

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    Thank you all for sitting.

    Gassho
    Kokuu

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